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It was good to see the south

saroncarson — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 01:21:09 -0600

It was good to see the south parade videos, as I missed it because I was away from the country. Would like to see more, with more information. Wish to have more articles from you on the issue. Dogs

A big hello from across the

Anonymous — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:02:49 -0600

A big hello from across the pond!! I hope everyone in North America had a fantastic St Patrick's day!!

DOes anyone have any

Peggyr — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 06:15:45 -0600

DOes anyone have any pictures of the Chamber's float?

Thanks for taping this! I

Anonymous — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:55:40 -0600

Thanks for taping this! I was there all day, and now I'm home taking a sick day.

St. Xavier University

Michael Fielding — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 09:54:25 -0600

St. Xavier University reported that Wiesel drew more than 3,200 people to hear him speak about how his personal life and work have been affected by his experiences as a prisoner of World War II Nazi concentration camps.

“The third installment of our highly successful SXU Voices and Visions series was a truly special evening,” said Robert Tenczar, vice president for University Relations. “It has been an honor to bring such an important voice for humanity to the city of Chicago.”

If you have nothing to fear,

Dan Jones — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:20:53 -0600

If you have nothing to fear, why don't you use your real name?

oh yeah, fat jokes, OUCH!

skinheadGIRL — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:44:13 -0600

oh yeah, fat jokes, OUCH! HAHAHAHAHAH and as soon as you losers walked up, WE tried crossing the street, and got stopped in the middle of the intersection, when you left with your little police escort, WE tried following, and where stopped. and yo wouldn't step foot where those "beaners" live. so good luck to ya, ya wanna be skin!

The Chicago Police

Michael Fielding — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:34:07 -0600

The Chicago Police Department told me that three people were arrested at 7:30 p.m. on the St. Xavier campus for disorderly conduct. Their court date has been scheduled for Oct. 27 at Branch 35, 727 E. 111th St. The police reports do not indicate the specific nature of the arrests, only that the arrests occurred on the north side of 103rd Street.

As the editor of this site,

Michael Fielding — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:24:00 -0600

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We looked skinny to you

Dan Jones — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:16:18 -0600

We looked skinny to you because you are about five foot and weigh over 300lbs.

All you're mud skinhead buddies were to ****** to come over and confront us. When I tried to come over to the North side of 103rd the cops stopped me but they let antiracists come over to the south side at will.

BTW, we are gonna get the info of the antiracist beaners that got arrested and stop by their places. Why don't you use your real name, we do?

88,

Dan Jones

"..and the Chicago Police

skinheadGIRL — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:08:45 -0600

"..and the Chicago Police Department exercised restraint and good judgment in maintaining order without force"

That is actually a false statement. They didn't use much restraint, or good judgment in their arrests, and all of them certainly used excessive force.

Nazi's aren't scary at all,

skinheadGIRL — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:54:12 -0600

Nazi's aren't scary at all, there is nothing intimidating about the boneheads. and by the way, I know for a fact at leat two of the people arrested weren't "anarchists". in fact, I saw all 3 of those arrests take place right in front of my face, and all 3 where completley unreasonable.

"The second group which was

skinheadGIRL — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:45:28 -0600

"The second group which was not completely distinguishable from the first appeared to be protesting the war in Iraq"

that was all basically one group, some actual NSWP {"National Socialist Worker's Party"} some just "racial white patriots". It was not the war in Iraq, it was the war in Iran. racists,bigots,anti-semitics. they were all on that same South East corner.

I would also like to point out that there was never a "riot" and - SADLY - it was too tightly watched to get "out of control". I realise a lot the people replying to this live in that area, and so this is for you, I'm extremely dissapointed that all you seamed to worry about, was a fight breaking out, and don't seam to understand the reason that there was at least 40 people on the northside of the street, and only 10 or so skinny white boys on the south.

I think what you need to realise, the news isn't that there where nazi's there to yell things about jews, the news is that your neighborhood was lucky enough to have people come from all over the city, to keep those ignorant people quite, and stop them getting close enough to harm an innocent man. so think twice next time you give a diry look to a mexican, or black kid, or a girl with REALY short hair, and big boots. just for walking in your neighborhood.

I went to the protest as

jtaus1 — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 13:13:08 -0600

I went to the protest as well; as one of the anti-Nazi protesters. I was amazed at the turnout on both sides. There were only about 6-10 Nazi protesters, and about 50-60 anti-Nazi protesters. I arrived at the protest around 6:30, about 30 minutes before the Nazis arrived.
While I was there, 3 anti-Nazi protesters were arrested (anarchists).
It was just an incredible thing to witness, because Nazi's truly are scary people

A little bit of history

Michael Fielding — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 22:17:49 -0600

A little bit of history first: In February 1978, a U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois ruled that three ordinances adopted by the Skokie Village Board aimed at preventing Nationalist Socialist party sympathizers from marching in Skokie were unconstitutional and violated the 1st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

As I stated, I left the scene at about 7:45 p.m. last night, well into Weisel's speech but before its conclusion. At that point, I saw about half a dozen protesters (presumably Nazi sympathizers) on the southeast corner of 103rd Street and Hamlin Avenue, across from the entrance to the school. They were vocal, but nothing suggested that they were there to incite violence - they key element to enforcing injunctive action against a group of people as understood by most judges.

So if they were actually "ushered away" by Chicago police prior to the conclusion of the event, it appears that the City of Chicago - not the protesters themselves - indulged in some of its own Socialist tendencies and engaged in the very behavior that neo-Nazism supposedly promotes.

If they weren't dispersed by the police (I haven't gotten a clear answer either way so far from officials), then let's celebrate the fact that simultaneously the following events occurred without incident: Controversial author and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Elie Weisel addressed a maximum-capacity crowd at the city's oldest university; protesters opposing war in Iran and advocating neo-Nazi policies were allowed to state their case publicly; another group of socially conscious young adults counter-protested them to make its own presence known; and the Chicago Police Department exercised restraint and good judgment in maintaining order without force.

Sounds like a successful exercise in American freedom to me ... and it didn't have to go all the way to the U.S. District Court.